We are planning to add subtitles to more dances videos in the near future, so keep checking this playlist for new videos!

In addition to subtitles, the information field under the video now includes: full translation text; a link to the original Tibetan music video; and, for Tashi Monlam & Lasoggi Drodkhol, a link to the article on the Mirror website with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s commentaries on those songs & dances.

IMPORTANT: to see the subtitles, you need to enable subtitles/ captions on your YouTube. Go to the menu in the upper right corner (for the phone) or bottom right corner (for laptop) of the video and choose CC/Captions/Subtitles > English.

Huge thanks go to all the collaborators – from dancers to translators, video and audio editors and many many others!

Tribute to Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

The Song of the Vajra

Unborn,
Yet continuing without interruption,
Neither coming nor going, omnipresent,
Supreme Dharma,
Immutable space, beyond definition,
Spontaneously, self-liberating.
Perfect state without any obstruction,
Existent from the very beginning,
Self created, without location,
With nothing negative to reject,
And nothing positive to accept,
Infinite expanse, all pervading,
Immense, and limitless, unbound,
With nothing even to dissolve
Or from which to be liberated.
Present beyond Space and Time,
Existent from the beginning,
Immense dimension of inner space,
The radiance of clarity is like the sun and the moon,
Self perfected,
As indestructible as the Vajra,
As stable as a mountain,
As pure as a lotus,
Strong as a lion,
Incomparable bliss
Beyond all limits;
Illumination,
Equanimity,
Peak of the Dharma,
Light of the Universe,
Perfect since the very beginning.

From "The Song of the Vajra", An Oral Commentary by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche,
Edited by Gina Perini